AngelList co-founder Babak Nivi has also left the board; sources describe an incident leading to a contractor and Nivi signing a nondisparagement agreement
Often used at tech companies, nondisparagement agreements are increasingly included in employment contracts and legal settlements. Tweets: @ktbenner , @mims , @sw , and @juliacarriew Tweets: Katie Benner / @ktbenner : “The silence sends a message: Men's jobs are more important than women's lives” A look at non-disparagement clauses. http://www.nytimes.com/... Christopher Mims / @mims : Rise of non-disparagement agreements muzzles employees who were abused by employers http://www.nytimes.com/... Susan Wu / @sw : The stories that are coming out are the mildest versions of these stories; the worst ones are buried under legal gag orders & retaliation. http://twitter.com/... Julia Carrie Wong / @juliacarriew : maybe if companies want to have women at their “office retreats” they should hire more women? http://www.nytimes.com/... http://twitter.com/... Expand More For Next Unexpand More For Next